Monday, February 18, 2008

Word of the Week #5

Emigre

This was headlined this morning (Feb. 18) on the lead story of the San Jose Mercury News.
The headline read: Illegal emigres defy the image

Webster's says ...

emigre
n. 1. an emigrant  2. a person forced to flee his or her country for political reasons, as a Royalist during the French revolution

Bon jour, emigre.  OR  The Kosovo-bound emigres fled their former Serbian homes.

No comments: